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Blue Diamond Mine (Nev.), image 018 of 020: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1971 (year approximate)
Description
Aerial view of Blue Diamond Mine with plots drawn on.
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Blue Diamond Mine (Nev.), image 019 of 020: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1971 (year approximate)
Description
Aerial view of Blue Diamond Mine with plots drawn on.
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Blue Diamond Mine (Nev.), image 020 of 020: photographic print
Date
1950 (year approximate) to 1971 (year approximate)
Description
Aerial view of Blue Diamond Mine with plots drawn on.
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Photo Album
Date
1869 (year uncertain) to 1940 (year uncertain)
Description
An album containing family photos. A mining claim belonging to Evaline Stay, dated June 25, 1933, is also included.
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Photograph of Kennecott's Liberty Pit, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Description
Kennecott's internationally famous Liberty Pit which has been in production since 1908.
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Photograph of miner's monument, Kingman Wash (Ariz.), circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Description
Miner's monument for Joseph Herber Richards at Kingman Wash. He died June 18, 1917 and had previously owned the mine at Sheep Mountain. Note reads: "He died in Kingman Wash, 300 yards from Colorado River. His miners pick is imbedded in the cement." - W. A. Davis, April 1992.
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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of "Old Dinah" Borax Smith Outfit, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Description
A handwritten inscription on the front of the image reads: "'Old Dinah,' Borax Smith outfit at Furnace Creek Camp, Death Valley, California."
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Photograph of Pioche (Nev.), 1890-1910
Date
1890 to 1910
Description
View of town and mines. Original description: "No. 5 hoist house and mine upper right, approx. location Meadow Valley street. Lloyd house mid left, still there. Yuba mine on left. House behind Burke Tunnel is still standing, owned by Amalgamated, painted green."
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Mining prospect hole: photographic print
Date
1994-05-07
Description
Wahmonie, NV. Prospect hole. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "PROSPECT HOLE. The fortune-hunters left their mark on the Wahmonie Mining District. Here is one view from the inside of a miner's prospect hole. These Wahmonie photographs were taken by Dick Borden and first published in the NTS News in the 1960s. Borden gave us a valuable photographic history of the NTS." [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News Bulletin August 21, 1981 p. 8]
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